WITH just three days to go until she marries Prince Harry, royal bride-to-be Meghan Markle’s parents are reported to be barely speaking to one another after her mother was left furious over her father Thomas’s staged paparazzi shots.

Mr Markle was today due to undergo major heart surgery after suffering a cardiac arrest last week, scuppering his plans to attend Saturday’s ceremony at St George’s Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle.

But Meghan’s mum, yoga instructor Doria Ragland, is apparently in no mood to forgive and blames Mr Markle for failing to stop his side of the family from taking public potshots at their daughter in the lead-up to the big day.

Ms Ragland was today pictured on the way to the airport, and is the bookies’ favourite to give Meghan away in the absence of her father.

Mr Markle recently left potted plants outside Mrs Ragland’s Los Angeles home in a bid to heal the rift between them.

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He pulled out after his staged paparazzi stunt was exposed – but later changed his mind, telling the TMZ website: "I hate the idea of missing one of the greatest moments in history and walking my daughter down the aisle.”

However, he changed it back again after revealing that heart surgery made it impossible to travel to the UK.

Ladbrokes rate Mrs Ragland at 4/6 on to talk her down the aisle, which Harry’s dad Prince Charles is at 2/1, and his brother, Prince William is 5/1.